Savior Movie Review 1998

After his wife and son are killed in a terrorist bombing, an American officer (Quaid) turns mercenary and assumes a new identity. As Guy, he's a soulless killing machine, working for the Serbs in Bosnia. At a prisoner exchange, he is told to take a pregnant young Serbian woman, Vera (Ninkovic), back to her village. Guy winds up delivering the baby and protecting Vera on their hazardous (and ultimately tragic) journey as he slowly regains flickers of his own humanity. Excellent change-of-pace performance by Quaid in a gut-wrenching film inspired by a true story.

Distribution

Sony Pictures Home Video, Sony Pictures Plz., 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232, Phone: (310)244-7306, Fax: (310)280-2485, URL: http://www.spe.sony.com, Remarks: Formerly Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 104 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Tragedy, Pregnant Pauses, Bosnia, Military: Foreign

Screenplay

Robert Orr

Cast

Dennis Quaid, Natasa Ninkovic, Sergej Trifunovic, Stellan Skarsgard, Nastassja Kinski

Cinematography

Ian Wilson

Director

Pedrag (Peter) Antonijevic

Music

David Robbins

Producer

Oliver Stone, Janet Yang, Initial Entertainment Group, Lions Gate Films